About 15 years ago I visited Pearl Harbor. Back then, PH was America's "ground zero". I was a teenager, so I knew what the area represented, but wasn't really into taking it all that seriously.
The atmosphere in that harbor was....surreal. The Arizona still leaking, the memorial, the japanese tourists taking photos right next to WW II vets decked out in their uniforms who were quietly weeping.....just indescribable. It was the first time I remember being moved emotionally about a past event. On 5/16/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been to both Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the anniversary dates (20 > years ago). Even in Japan it is more of a carnival atmosphere than an > atmosphere of mourning and atonement. Vendors hawking t-shirts, cotton > candy, blah blah.... It was really unbelievable. There are speeches and > anti-nuke booths and demonstrations but it just wasn't the somber > environment I had expected. > > However, on the evening of August 6th, in Hiroshima they release > thousands of colored paper lanterns on wooden planks to float down the > river. The floating lanterns are representations of the spirits of > those who died when Little Boy was dropped. It is a beatifula nd > moving sight. > -- Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234821 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
